# 撥

| 撥 | U+64A5, &#25765; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64A5 |
| ← 撤 [U+64A4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 撦 → [U+64A6] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 撥 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𫝼 |
| Simplified | 拨 |

### Han character

撥 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手弓人水 (QNOE), four-corner 5204$_7$, composition ⿰扌發)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 455, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12727
* Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1964, character 6
* Unihan data for U+64A5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 廢 | *pads |
| 癈 | *pads |
| 橃 | *pads, *bad |
| 撥 | *paːd |
| 鱍 | *paːd, *pʰaːd |
| 襏 | *paːd |
| 驋 | *paːd |
| 鏺 | *pʰaːd |
| 潑 | *pʰaːd |
| 醱 | *pʰaːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paːd) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 發 (OC *pad).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bō (bo$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bo$^2$
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): bo̊q
* Cantonese (Jyutping): but$^6$ / but$^3$ / put$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bot$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pat
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bad$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bah$^4$ / beh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): buŏi
* Eastern Min (BUC): buák
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): poah / poat
    (Teochew, Peng'im): puah$^4$ / bhuah$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$peq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bo$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bō
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bo
*** Wade–Giles: po$^1$
*** Yale: bwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bo$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bo
*** Sinological IPA : /po²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: bo̊q
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): boq$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /poʔ⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: but$^6$ / but$^3$ / put$^3$
*** Yale: buht / but / put
*** Cantonese Pinyin: but$^9$ / but$^8$ / put$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bud$^6$ / bud$^3$ / pud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːt̚²/, /puːt̚³/, /pʰuːt̚³/
* but6 — literary;
* put3 — vernacular, "to wave (a fan), to poke (a fire)", in 撥火／拨火 (put3 fo2), 撥扇／拨扇 (put3 sin3), 撥爐／拨炉 (put3 lou4).
* Middle Chinese: pat
Rime :
| Character | 撥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 北末切 |
| Baxter | pat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /puɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /puɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /puɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /puɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /puɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | but$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤat/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 撥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bō |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pat › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁat/ |
| English | spread out |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 撥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2831 |
| Phonetic component | 發 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 撥 |
| Old Chinese | /*paːd/ |

#### Definitions

撥
* (transitive) to turn around; to move in a "waving", scattering way, including:
** to dispel; to scatter
** to distribute; to allocate (resources, staff, etc); to set aside (money)
** to dial (a phone number)
** to push aside or forward with the foot, hand, stick, etc.
** to stir; to pluck
** (figurative) to incite; to excite
** to play a plucked string instrument
** to wave a fan
** to poke (a fire)
** (Southern Min) to take out (time, etc.)(Can we clean up this sense?)
** (Southern Min) to divert; to reallocate; to misappropriate (money, funds, etc.)
* (intransitive) to wave; to sweep; to whirl
* (intransitive) to ferment (of wine); to brew
* (transitive) to delete; to cut
* (transitive) to reject; to abandon
* (transitive) to govern; to rule; to pacify
    撥亂反正／拨乱反正 ― bōluànfǎnzhèng ― to bring order out of chaos
* plectrum
* Classifier for people or things: group; batch

##### Synonyms

* (to turn around): 掉轉／掉转 (diàozhuǎn)
* (to take out): 抽 (chōu)
* (to divert): 挪用 (nuóyòng)
* (to brew): 潑／泼 (pō)
* (group): 撥子／拨子 (bōzi)

#### Compounds

* 一撥 / 一拨
* 個人撥接 / 个人拨接
* 冒霜撥露 / 冒霜拨露
* 分撥 / 分拨 (fēnbō)
* 分斤撥兩 / 分斤拨两
* 剔撥 / 剔拨
* 劃撥 / 划拨 (huàbō)
* 史撥尼克 / 史拨尼克 (si2 but6 nei4 hak1)
* 嘲撥 / 嘲拨
* 土撥鼠 / 土拨鼠 (tǔbōshǔ)
* 差撥 / 差拨
* 批撥 / 批拨
* 挑撥 / 挑拨 (tiǎobō)
* 挑撥是非 / 挑拨是非
* 挑撥離間 / 挑拨离间 (tiǎobōlíjiàn)
* 挑燈撥火 / 挑灯拨火
* 提撥 / 提拨
* 撥亂 / 拨乱
* 撥亂之才 / 拨乱之才
* 撥亂反正 / 拨乱反正 (bōluànfǎnzhèng)
* 撥亂反治 / 拨乱反治
* 撥亂濟危 / 拨乱济危
* 撥亂濟時 / 拨乱济时
* 撥亂興治 / 拨乱兴治
* 撥亂誅暴 / 拨乱诛暴
* 撥交 / 拨交
* 撥付 / 拨付 (bōfù)
* 撥兵 / 拨兵
* 撥冗 / 拨冗 (bōrǒng)
* 撥出 / 拨出 (bōchū)
* 撥剌 / 拨剌
* 撥動 / 拨动 (bōdòng)
* 撥協銀 / 拨协银
* 撥嘴 / 拨嘴
* 撥子 / 拨子 (bōzi)
* 撥弄 / 拨弄 (bōnòng)
* 撥弄是非 / 拨弄是非
* 撥弓 / 拨弓
* 撥弗倒 / 拨弗倒
* 撥弦 / 拨弦
* 撥弦樂器 / 拨弦乐器
* 撥扇 / 拨扇
* 撥手 / 拨手
* 撥拉 / 拨拉 (bōlā)
* 撥接 / 拨接 (bōjiē)
* 撥接服務 / 拨接服务
* 撥接費 / 拨接费
* 撩撥 / 撩拨 (liáobō)
* 撥撩 / 拨撩
* 撥改貸 / 拨改贷
* 撥款 / 拨款 (bōkuǎn)
* 撥正 / 拨正
* 撥浪鼓 / 拨浪鼓
* 撥火 / 拨火
* 撥火兒 / 拨火儿
* 撥火棍 / 拨火棍 (bōhuǒgùn)
* 撥火棒 / 拨火棒
* 撥煩理劇 / 拨烦理剧
* 撥煩理難 / 拨烦理难
* 撥爐 / 拨炉
* 撥甩 / 拨甩
* 撥用 / 拨用
* 撥發 / 拨发 (bōfā)
* 撥盤 / 拨盘
* 撥瞪兒 / 拨瞪儿
* 撥萬論千 / 拨万论千
* 撥萬輪千 / 拨万轮千
* 撥穀 / 拨谷
* 撥算盤 / 拨算盘
* 撥給 / 拨给
* 撥置 / 拨置
* 撥草尋蛇 / 拨草寻蛇
* 撥著癢處 / 拨著痒处
* 撥號系統 / 拨号系统
* 撩蜂撥刺 / 撩蜂拨刺
* 撥蠟法 / 拨蜡法
* 撥補 / 拨补
* 撥錢 / 拨钱
* 撥鐙法 / 拨镫法
* 撥開 / 拨开 (bōkāi)
* 撥阮 / 拨阮
* 撥雨撩雲 / 拨雨撩云
* 撥雲撩雨 / 拨云撩雨
* 撩雲撥雨 / 撩云拨雨
* 撥雲睹日 / 拨云睹日
* 撥雲見日 / 拨云见日 (bōyúnjiànrì)
* 撥頭 / 拨头 (bōtóu)
* 撥風也似 / 拨风也似
* 撥風羽 / 拨风羽
* 撥馬 / 拨马 (bōmǎ)
* 撥魚兒 / 拨鱼儿
* 撥龜 / 拨龟
* 擺撥 / 摆拨 (bǎibō)
* 擺撥不下 / 摆拨不下
* 支撥 / 支拨 (zhībō)
* 桿撥 / 杆拨
* 棖撥 / 枨拨
* 標撥 / 标拨
* 炊撥兒 / 炊拨儿
* 短撥 / 短拨
* 空撥 / 空拨
* 胡撥四 / 胡拨四 (húbōsì)
* 調撥 / 调拨
* 調撥車道 / 调拨车道
* 起撥 / 起拨
* 返正撥亂 / 返正拨乱
* 遣撥 / 遣拨
* 點撥 / 点拨 (diǎnbō)

### Etymology 2

Likely a glottalized variant of 把 (MC paeX, “to hold; to give (dialectal)”) (Dai, 2004).
First attested as 撥垃／拨垃 (peq-laq) in Shan'ge (山歌) by Feng Menglong. It is, however, likely that the term was already common before this attestation.

#### Pronunciation

* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$peq / $^7$poq / $^3$pen / $^7$paq / $^7$piq
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haining, Haiyan, Shaoxing)
*** Wugniu: $^7$peq
*** MiniDict: peh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$peq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɓəʔ⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /pəʔ⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pəʔ⁴³/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /pəʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /pəʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Haining): /pəʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /pəʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /peʔ⁴⁵/
** (Northern: Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^7$poq
*** MiniDict: poh$^入$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /poʔ⁴³/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /poʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /poʔ⁵⁵/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^3$pen
*** MiniDict: pen$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /pən⁴³³/
** (Northern: Hangzhou, Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^7$paq
*** MiniDict: peh$^入$
*** MiniDict: pah$^入$
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /pɑʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /pɐʔ⁵⁵/
** (Northern: Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^7$piq
*** MiniDict: pih$^入$
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /piɪʔ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

撥 (Wu)
* [from 17th c.] to give
       $^6$ngu $^7$peq-yi $^7$iq-pen $^1$sy [Wugniu]
       I give him a book.
* [from 17th c.] to allow
    From: 1876, 描金鳳
    Don't lose to him in an argument, even if we let him eat, he'll eat a lot.
* [from 17th c.] to; for; by
       $^8$geq-gheq $^8$meq-zy $^6$zy $^7$peq $^6$non-gheq [Wugniu]
       This is for you.
    講撥人家聽／讲拨人家听 [Shanghainese] ― $^5$kaon-peq $^6$gnin-ka $^1$thin [Wugniu] ― to tell someone else
       $^5$son $^6$li-veq $^7$peq $^1$lau-sy [Wugniu]
       to give a gift to one's teacher
    From: 2011, Hu Baotan, 弄堂, page 2
    $^6$ngu $^7$peq-yi $^6$mo-theq-lian-san [Wugniu]
    I was briefly scolded by him.

##### Synonyms

* (to give):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 予, 畀 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 給 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把, 把得, 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 給 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 把, 給 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 分 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 把 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 分 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 得 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 予, 傳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 予 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 予 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 分, 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 分 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 要 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撥, 撥辣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 撥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 把 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 把 |
* (by):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 被 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 被, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 被, 讓, 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 叫, 讓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 遭, 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把得 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 給, 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給, 叫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 讓, 等 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 分 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 分 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 分 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 分 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 分 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 分 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 分 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 分 |
| Hakka | Changting | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 得 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 給 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 分 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 得 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 得 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 討 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 分 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 得 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 分 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 叫, 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 予, 乞, 傳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 予 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分, 乞, 予 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 要 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撥, 撥辣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撥, 撥勒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 撥, 撥人家 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聽, 撈, 讓, 被 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 耗 |

#### Compounds

* 撥來 / 拨来
* 撥信 / 拨信
* 撥垃 / 拨垃
* 撥垃篤 / 拨垃笃
* 撥食 / 拨食

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𫝼 |
| Kyūjitai | 撥 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫝼)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: はち (hachi)
* Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)
* Kan’yō-on: ばち (bachi)
* Kun: おさめる (osameru, 撥める)、かかげる (kakageru, 撥げる)、はねる (haneru, 撥ねる)、はらう (harau, 撥う)、ひらく (hiraku, 撥く)

#### Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 撥 is mostly replaced by 発, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

#### Compounds

* 撥(はつ)音(おん) (hatsuon)
* 撥(はっ)開(かい) (hakkai)
* 撥(はっ)棄(き) (hakki)
* 撥(はっ)弓(きゅう) (hakkyū)
* 撥(はっ)去(きょ) (hakkyo)
* 撥(はつ)条(じょう) (hatsujō) (発(はつ)条(じょう))
* 撥(はつ)剌(らつ) (hatsuratsu) (発(はつ)剌(らつ), 潑(はつ)剌(らつ))
* 撥(はつ)簾(れん) (hatsuren)
* 挑(ちょう)撥(はつ) (chōhatsu) (挑(ちょう)発(はつ))
* 調(ちょう)撥(はつ) (chōhatsu)
* 反(はん)撥(ぱつ) (hanpatsu) (反(はん)発(ぱつ))

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 撥
* ばち Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 撥 (MC pat).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ばち [bàchíꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [ba̠t͡ɕi]

### Noun

撥(ばち) or 撥(バチ) • (bachi)
* plectrum for instruments such as the biwa and shamisen

#### Related terms

* 桴(ばち), 枹(ばち) (bachi)

### References

* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 撥 (MC pat).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pa̠ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [발]
* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pʌ̹ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [벌]

### Hanja

Wikisource 撥 (eumhun 다스릴 발 (daseuril bal)) 撥 (eumhun 방패 벌 (bangpae beol))
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#### Compounds

* 발거 (撥去, balgeo)
* 발군 (撥軍, balgun)
* 발기 (撥棄, balgi)
* 발등법 (撥鐙法, baldeungbeop)
* 발란 (撥亂, ballan)
* 발랄 (撥剌, ballal)
* 발무 (撥无, balmu)
* 발민 (撥憫, balmin)
* 발발 (撥撥, balbal)
* 발소 (撥所, balso)
* 발조 (撥條, baljo)
* 발졸 (撥卒, baljol)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
* Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).

## Vietnamese
### Han character

撥: Hán Nôm readings: phết, bát, phiết
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## Zhuang
### Noun

撥
* Sawndip form of fwed (“wing”)